Trump unexpectedly relented towards immigrants

During the 2016 election campaign of the year, Trump often reminded voters that he planned to focus on illegal immigration when he became president. In particular, he pointed to a system called E-Verify. However, over time, his position became less rigid. Edition The Washington Post tried to figure out why.

E-Verify allows employers to verify information provided by employees with official government records to determine whether they are allowed to work in the United States. Checks are conducted online.

In March, 2016, Chris Matthews from MSNBC asked Trump about his plan to solve the problem of hiring undocumented workers.

“Well, you can do it with E-Verify and various methods,” Trump told Matthews, adding that the Trump Organization used this system, which, as it later turned out, was not always true.

How to punish for hiring an employee without documents? Trump proposed that it be a “huge financial penalty” or perhaps a criminal penalty.

Again, it was about his broader rhetoric: immigrants should be discouraged from entering the country illegally and efforts should be made to limit their ability to work in the United States to reduce illegal immigration. Among the changes the administration made to the immigration system last month was the tightening of the rules for obtaining work permits.

In mid-May, the White House presented its immigration reform plan, but details of its implementation have not yet been made public.

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Fox News presenter Steve Hilton asked Trump if E-Verify would be part of the proposed immigration plan.

“E-Verify will probably be part of it,” Trump responded. “The only problem is that E-Verify is so complex that in some cases it won’t work with farmers, they are not equipped for E-Verify.”

Trump said he used the system while building the Trump Organization hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, a project that The Post found hired undocumented workers. Trump said they looked through about 30 applicants before finding one qualified to work in the country.

“So it’s very difficult to ask farmers to go through this,” Trump said.

This is an interesting shift in Trump's rhetoric. It is probably caused by many stories about farmers who were worried about harvesting without the use of illegal immigrants.

The Pugh Research Center report for 2015 showed that only 5 percent of illegal immigrants in the country worked in agriculture. Pugh estimated that about 16 percent of the industry’s employees were not documented.

The next most in-demand industries among undocumented immigrants are construction and hospitality. Both industries are ones in which the Trump Organization operates, from building or renovating properties like the Trump International Hotel in Washington to staffing resorts and golf courses.

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Why now? Why does Trump want to give farmers the “green light” on this issue that was so important to his campaign?

One of the probable reasons is that Trump's trade war with China had serious negative consequences for US agriculture. After administration introduced a number of new tariffs for goods from China. China retaliated adding import tax products from the United States, including products such as soybeans. In an effort to mitigate the effects of the trade war, the government paid out to the affected farmers more than $ 8,5 billion to compensate for their losses.

In other words, trade war causes damage to farmers, and Trump's decision to help them means that they will actively vote for him during the presidential election, the newspaper said.

With his reelection approaching, Trump has the political impetus to refrain from adding another burden to the communities where agriculture is leading.

During the campaign in 2016 year Trump specifically suggestedso that farmers who needed workers to, say, harvest grapes (like Trump's winery in Virginia) could bring in people on work visas—obviously a more complex process than verifying employment through E-Verify.

Now, however, his position has changed. During 2016, his tough stance on immigration found a response in his voter base. As president, looking for re-election, he admits that perhaps there are more nuances than he expected.

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